Blurb:

A woman under repair with a skill for
assessing survival meets a previous acquaintance

who is now more than a match for
her.

In the year 2280, Earth has been at
war for a decade. The Splice take the humans they capture and use them for parts. Sending bots in
place of humans didn’t work, but taking the wounded and turning them into cyborgs has enabled
Earth to push the Splice away from Earth. The combination of metal and man is turning the tide in a war that
no one could have
imagined.

Adaptation Base is where the
wounded are recycled into enhanced warriors, and when a terrorist action takes out the administration, the newest cyborgs
will have to take things into their own hands. When Stitch comes to, her position as an assessment officer is still valid, but her
new location on the
front lines means a lot of adjustment. The men she had designed from the wounds out are now her team, and
finding the one who had flirted his way into her heart—after all this time—leaves her vulnerable to his
mechanical advantage.

Excerpt:

“Excellent. Well, you came through
the adaptation just fine. You went into shipping shock. Glad to see you are with us.”

She opened her eyes and looked
around. It took her a few tries to speak. “Not the station.”

The doctor working on her paused.
“You are awake.”

“You told me to move. Did you think I
was sleeping?”

“No, I was counting on the processors
to make your body move. I was using the master frequency.”

He made eye contact with her, and
she blinked as the features registered. “I know you. Captain Blue.”

His dark-brown eyes warmed with
pleased surprise. “Yes.”

“Lung damage and a wounded leg.
They replaced the leg, throat, vocal system and, of course, the lungs.”

He was wearing black military garb
and had a series of scanners at his disposal. The med scanners were battlefield issue, and Stitch had a very good idea
of where she was.

He chuckled. “I am surprised. So many
folks go through that station.”

“I am at Alpha Base.” She looked
around and saw rows of beds, half filled.

“You are still excellent at assessment, I
see. As the order forces all cyborgs to be on the front lines, you and the other survivors were shipped out to the
stations and holding order outposts. It took some doing. Custom adaptations had to be created for each
of you.”

“A sizing problem, right?”

The captain pushed a button to raise
her up into a sitting position.

Stitch lifted her hands to check her
hair, and one of those hands was silver. “Well, that is different.”

“They had to keep you in hibernation
with your jacks in place while they waited for your adaptations to be assembled. You are wearing the most modern
implants available.”

“Kidneys, spleen, and any other
organs?”

He nodded. “Your intestines managed
to recover during your surgeries.”

“Can I see my file?”

He nodded. “As you are taking over
our triage assessment team as soon as you are up and running, yes.”

He handed her the flat screen, and she
extended it out of the two cylinders. Her stats were displayed, and her new silver hand moved as easily as her
flesh one while flicking through the information.

She had died twice, her system had
gone septic and additional nanites had been injected to give her enough to be compatible with the adaptations, as
well as bolster her immune system. Her broken spine had been fixed and the impulses from her body
rerouted around the
damage.

Major organs had been replaced with
the newest and most organic implants available.

She had been held in hibernation
while they had built the parts. She had been out of commission for two years.

“What happened to the others?” She
looked up at the captain.

“They are scattered across the front.
You ladies have skills, and we need more fighters, as well as admin specialists.”

“Did they find out who planted the
bomb?”

“They did. It was the War Opposition
Front—those idiots who wanted to hand over Earth and beg for mercy from the Splice. They didn’t know that mercy
would never be coming from that front.”

“What has happened?”

“We sealed the Earth. A defense net of
weaponized satellites was launched three months ago. It has repelled one Splice attack, but now, they are
gathering in numbers. It won’t be long before they crack through.” He grimaced.

“What is being done about
it?”

Captain Blue shrugged. “Whatever we
can do. We are trying to cut them off.”

Stitch nodded. “Great. When can I get
out of bed?”

“As soon as you are ready. Sit with
your legs over the side and slowly get up. If you feel weak, fall back. The bed is designed to hold fully tricked-out
cyborgs. You won’t even make it tremble.”

He stayed near her while she moved
her heavy legs to hang over the edge. It was difficult, but once her body knew what she wanted, it
cooperated. She waited until she could swing her legs to her heartbeat, and when she was ready, she stood.

Her balance was off. They hadn’t
installed a counterweight along her left arm. Stitch twisted and slowly bent. When she straightened, she looked at
Captain Blue. “Okay, where can I get some clothes?”

He stopped staring at her naked body
and blinked. “Uh, in your quarters? We don’t have a lot of call for clothing in your size.”

“Find me a t-shirt, perv. I am not here
to entertain you.”

Author
Bio:

Viola Grace (aka Zenina Masters) is a
Canadian sci-fi/paranormal romance writer with ambitions to keep writing for the rest of her life. She specializes
in short stories because the thrill of discovery, of all those firsts, is what keeps her writing.

A writer who crafts a story that
catches you up, whirls you around and sets you down with a smile on your face is all she endeavours to be. She prefers
to leave the drama to those who are better suited to it, she always goes for the cheap laugh.

Listening to readers has gotten her
this far, and with her 300th short story behind her she will continue to listen in the future.

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